Lot 79
  • 79

Édouard Baldus (1813-1889)

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Édouard Baldus
  • Le Louvre. Grand pavillon de l'horloge, 1854
Négatif sur papier ciré. Tampon sec  de collection 'P. G.' apposé postérieurement. Avec épreuve moderne tirée par Joel Snyder.

Provenance

Collection Fortuné-Joseph Petiot-Groffier

Exhibited

Chicago, Art Institue of Chicago, Niépce to Atget .The first century of photography from the collection of André Jammes, 1977-78

Literature

André et Marie-Thérèse Jammes, Niépce to Atget. The first century of photography from the collection of André Jammes, Chicago, 1977, no. 23

Condition

Negative: The sky area is blacked out in ink on verso. A tear of approx. 2 cm at the center of the left edge; the corners with a few slight folds; a small tear at the upper edge and a few pinholes near the upper corners.
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